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Velvet worm development links myriapods with chelicerates.
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- Expression study of the hunchback ortholog in embryos of the onychophoran Euperipatoides rowelli.Development genes and evolution · 2015Article
- The evolution of early neurogenesis.Developmental cell · 2015Review
- Neural development in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini based on anti-acetylated α-tubulin immunolabeling.EvoDevo · 2015Article
- Molecular phylogeny of Myriapoda provides insights into evolutionary patterns of the mode in post-embryonic development.Scientific reports · 2014Article
- The 'ventral organs' of Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) are neurogenic niches of late embryonic and post-embryonic nervous system development.PloS one · 2014Article
- Neuronal tracing of oral nerves in a velvet worm-Implications for the evolution of the ecdysozoan brain.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2014Article
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- The role of ventral and preventral organs as attachment sites for segmental limb muscles in Onychophora.Frontiers in zoology · 2013Article
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- Selective neuronal staining in tardigrades and onychophorans provides insights into the evolution of segmental ganglia in panarthropods.BMC evolutionary biology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Despite the advent of modern molecular and computational methods, the phylogeny of the four major arthropod groups (Chelicerata, Myriapoda, Crustacea and Hexapoda, including the insects) remains enigmatic. One particular challenge is the position of myriapods as either the closest relatives to chelicerates (Paradoxopoda/Myriochelata hypothesis), or to crustaceans and hexapods (Mandibulata hypothesis). While neither hypothesis receives conclusive support from molecular analyses, most morphological studies favour the Mandibulata concept, with the mandible being the most prominent feature of this group. Although no morphological evidence was initially available to support the Paradoxopoda hypothesis, a putative synapomorphy of chelicerates and myriapods has recently been put forward based on studies of neurogenesis. However, this and other morphological characters remain of limited use for phylogenetic systematics owing to the lack of data from an appropriate outgroup. Here, we show that several embryonic characters are synapomorphies uniting the chelicerates and myriapods, as revealed by an outgroup comparison with the Onychophora or velvet worms. Our findings, thus provide, to our knowledge, first morphological/embryological support for the monophyly of the Paradoxopoda and suggest that the mandible might have evolved twice within the arthropods.
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